232 JOHN C. FREMONT. 



represent the Territory in the Senate of the United 

 States. William W. Gwinn was his associate. The 



session of the same, by virtue of this patent, by whom the boundaries 

 ehall be marked ont, on the limits of which he (the grantee) shall 

 place the proper landmarks. 



" ' 4. The track of land granted is ten sitios de ganado mayor, 

 (ten square leagues,) as before mentioned. The magistrate who may 

 give the possession shall cause the same to be surveyed according to 

 the ordinance, the surplus remaining to the nation for the proper 

 uses. 



" ' 5. Should he violate the conditions, he will lose his right to the 

 land, and it will be subject to being denounced by another. 



" < Therefore, I command that these presents being firm and bind- 

 ing, that the same be registered in the proper book, and delivered to 

 the party interested for his security and other purposes. 



" Given in Monterey, this 20th day of the month of February, in 



the year of 1844. 



" MANUEL MICHELTORRENA. 

 "'MANUEL TIMENO, Secretary. 1 



" On the 10th of February, 1847, Alvarado executed a deed of the 

 property as described in his own grant to Colonel Fremont, with a 

 general warranty of title. The consideration stated in the conveyance 

 was $3000. On the 21st of January, 1852, he filed his claim before 

 the commissioners appointed to ascertain and settle the private land- 

 claims in the State of California, and in December, 1852, the grant 

 was confirmed. On the 20th of September, 1853, there was filed 

 in the office of the commissioners a notice from Mr. Attorney-General 

 Gushing, that an appeal from the decision of the commissioners 

 to the District Court of the United States would be prosecuted, 

 and in consequence of that appeal the decision of the commissioners 

 was reversed on the 7th of January, 1854. An appeal was taken 



